en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-08-02 Singapore Southeast Asia

MH370 mystery: Boeing 777 wreckage found in Indian Ocean arrives in France
Firstpost
A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian Ocean island arrived for analysis in France on Saturday, after Malaysian authorities said the part was almost certainly recovered from missing flight MH370. Paris' Orly airport website ...
Airplane debris arrives in France for Malaysia crash investigation   The Globe and Mail
MH370 investigators to first meet French authorities, says Malayisia's ...   AsiaOne
MH370: 'Plane seat' found washed up on Reunion Island three months ago   New Zealand Herald
Daily Mail
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29 including 6 women held over #TangkapNajib rally
AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - Police arrested 29 people, some as young as 14, over the #TangkapNajib rally in front of the Sogo shopping centre. The detainees, now being held at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters in Jalan Hang Tuah, face charges under Section ...

DPM failed the test, say #TangkapNajib activists   Malaysiakini (subscription)
A rally that just couldn't take off   The Star Online
'ARREST NAJIB' PROTEST: Denied access to lawyers, rally detainees reach out ONLINE   Malaysia Chronicle
Channel News Asia
Astro Awani
The Rakyat Post
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A world of difference between slander, scandal
Malaysiakini (subscription)
YOURSAY 'PM, no need to talk cock. Just answer where the alleged RM2.6b came from? Slander ruined all that is good about 1MDB, rues PM RM2.6billion in Mbank: PM Najib Razak, please reflect on your performance in the last six years. To be very frank, ...

Najib: If Umno is to sail smoothly, no member must have ill intent   The Star Online
NAJIB'S NEW CASH COW: 1MDB now planning to milk nuclear power plant deal   Malaysia Chronicle
'Arrest Najib' rally: Two opposition assemblymen held   The Straits Times

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Ukraine Calls on Russia to Negotiate End to War in East
Voice of America
Ukraine's foreign minister is calling on Russia to come to “real negotiations” about a cease-fire and stabilization in Ukraine's war-torn east which will require fair elections that are internationally monitored. Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with ...
Aussies vow MH17 prosecution push   The Star Online
Kiska criticizes Russian veto of MH17 tribunal   Prague Post

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Singapore gets ready to celebrate its 50th birthday
South China Morning Post (subscription)
In the weeks leading up to the death of Lee Kuan Yew, many Singaporeans were rooting for his recovery, hoping that the founding prime minister could be well enough to witness the city state's golden celebration. But fate and time were not on his side.
Has SG50 gone too far?   Malay Mail Online
Anyone can be a hero   The Straits Times
Wyatt Woodson: Fight with me for the future   Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Huffington Post
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Damage control - it's now about political funding
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Exranger: Abdul Rahman Dahlan, I read your article a quarter way in and I felt so disgusted that I was not able to continue reading it. As a minister, we expect you to put forward smarter points and something logical with facts. Political funding goes ...
Rahman Dahlan: Umno constitution provides for trust account under president's name   The Star Online
Rahman: Housing developers gave money to DAP   Free Malaysia Today
Rahman Dahlan: Umno's constitution provides for trust account under president ...   The Rakyat Post
The Borneo Post
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AsiaOne

3 people linked with agencies probing 1MDB arrested
AsiaOne
PETALING JAYA - Three people linked with agencies in the special task force probing the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) controversy have been arrested to assist in police investigations involving Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.
Who are the conspirators?   New Straits Times Online
1MDB leaks: Tan Sri, AGC woman and DPP questioned   Free Malaysia Today
Sarawak Report founder not rattled by threats following 1MDB reports   The Malaysian Insider
The Sun Daily
Channel News Asia
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